Balonmano Sinfín is a team of

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of thr ...

based in Santander,

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. It plays in

Liga ASOBAL Liga Asobal is the premier professional handball league in Spain. It was founded in 1958 with the name of División de Honor, changing its name to the current name in 1990. The Liga ASOBAL, which is played under EHF rules, currently consists of ...

History

The club was founded on April 14, 2004. The men's team started in the Spanish third division. In 2008, they moved up to the second division, and in 2015 to the first division:

. The club was relegated from the first division in 2017, but managed to return after just one season. Since 2018, the club has been continuously playing in the first division. In the

ASOBAL Cup Liga Asobal is the premier professional handball league in Spain. It was founded in 1958 with the name of División de Honor, changing its name to the current name in 1990. The Liga ASOBAL, which is played under EHF rules, currently consists of ...

in 2021, the team reached the final, which they lost against

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. For sponsorship reasons the club has been called by various name. In 2015-16 by Go Fit Sinfín, in 2018-19 by DS Blendio Sinfin, from 2019 to 2021 as Liberbank Cantabria Sinfín and in 2021-22 as Unicaja Banco Sinfín.

Crest, colours, supporters

Kits

Team

Current squad

:''Squad for the 2022–23 season''

Technical staff

* Head coach:

Rubén Garabaya Rubén Garabaya (born 15 September 1978) is a Spanish former handball player and current handball coach. He was on the Spanish team that won the 2005 World Men's Handball Championship in Tunisia. Career Garabaya started playing handball at BM C ...

* Assistant coach: Luis Miguel Garabaya * Fitness coach: Javier Palazuelos * Physiotherapist: Javier Martín Izquierdo * Club Doctor: Juan José Díaz-Munío Carabaza

Transfers

:''Transfers for the 2022–23 season'' ;Joining * Mohamed Aly (GK) from Angers SCO Handball * Nicolás Bono (CB) from

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* Marcos Aguilella (RW) from CB Ikasa Madrid ;Leaving * Jaka Malus (CB) to

Frisch Auf Göppingen Turn- und Polizeisportgemeinschaft Frisch Auf Göppingen e.V. is a sports club from Germany, located in Göppingen, Baden-Württemberg. The club's men's handball team plays under the name FRISCH AUF! Göppingen in Handball-Bundesliga. Nine-time c ...

* Ramiro Martínez (RW) to

BM Benidorm TM Benidorm is a team of handball based in Benidorm, Spain. It plays in Liga ASOBAL. History The current club was founded in 1994. In May 2014, they were promoted to Liga ASOBAL, in which the team has been playing ever since. In 2020, the t ...

* Diógenes Cruz (CB) to

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* Francisco Javier Castro (CB) to

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* David Roca Rodríguez (RB) to

BM Granollers Club Balonmano Granollers, commonly known as BM Granollers, is a professional handball club based in Granollers, Spain. History The club was founded in 1944 and it is one of the oldest and most successful Spanish handball clubs in terms of t ...

* Pau Guitart (GK) to CB Los Dólmenes Antequera * Carlos Lastra (LW) to CB Pereda * Alejandro Blázquez (RW) ''(retires)'' * Carlos Molina Cosano (LB)

Previous Squads

Season by season

EHF ranking

Former club members

Notable former players

* Francisco Javier Castro (2019–2022) * Pablo Paredes (2015–2017) * Nicolás Bono (2022–) * Ramiro Martínez (2020–2022) * Élcio Fernandes (2019–2021) * Mohamed Aly (2022–) * Darko Dimitrievski (2018-2021) * Mile Mijušković (2019-2020) *

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(2020) *

Darius Makaria Darius Cătălin Makaria (born 2 February 1993) is a Romanian handballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Cavigal Nice Handball in the France ProLigue. Achievements *Campionat National Junior (men's handball), Junior National Championship : **Gol ...

(2016–2017) * Jaka Malus (2022) * Vladyslav Ostroushko (2021)

Former coaches

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Balonmano Sinfin Sport in Santander, Spain Handball clubs in Spain Liga ASOBAL teams Sports clubs and teams in Cantabria Handball in Cantabria 2004 establishments in Spain Handball clubs established in 2004